Camelspin, shown here in Berry, is one of the softest yarns I have ever had the great good fortune to have running through my hands for hours on end. Drapey and shimmery. Gorgeous. Lisa Souza‘s Merino/silk is right up there with it, but hers is a slightly heavier weight.
I originally blocked this with crisp points along the bottom edge, but the silk gradually sagged them out. I finally reblocked it in the round. I sent a picture to my son and new daughter-in-law.
Remember this post? I had Kim in mind when I knitted it, but then I dithered and didn’t mention that part on the blog: color is such a personal thing. She loved it (yay!), and yesterday I finally popped it in the mail. I just wish I could show more than the color here for right now. (The yarn I dyed to match it is still waiting its fit of inspiration.)
There’s a Peninsula to Pier Shop Hop going on this weekend, and there was an ongoing stream of carpooling knitters yesterday at Purlescence; one woman remarked to me how very different all these different yarn stores were, how fascinating it was to see what different things they offered and what they looked like. I wanted to tell her, well, this is the best one of all. It carries Blue Moon. It has Handmaiden. It has Claudia. (Plus a few others I really like, but throw in some Lisa Souza on the side, and I’m set for life.) It has Nathania, Chloe, Sandi, and Kay. There are other good stores too, but I have to say, it just doesn’t get better than this.